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MATC President Vicki J. Martin Announces June Retirement

After a 10-year tenure bookended by launching groundbreaking scholarships and forging new and impactful partnerships, Milwaukee Area Technical...

Cudahy School Superintendent Owen-Moore Named to MATC District Board

The Milwaukee Area Technical College District Board recently added Tina Owen-Moore, Ed.D., as a board director representing school districts within...

Checota Scholar Making All Her Makeup Dreams Come True

Thanks to the full-ride, Ellen and Joe Checota MATC Scholarship Program, Queen Johnson got her tuition, supplies and meal cards paid for, allowing...

Poet in Motion: MATC Lecturer Burzynski Receives Fulbright Fellowship

Peter Burzynski, a lecturer of English and communications at Milwaukee Area Technical College since 2019, was recently awarded a prestigious,...

MATC Students Will Help the Community Thanks to Scholarship

60 Hispanic/Latino/a students - including 57 from MATC - were awarded a LULAC Milwaukee Brewers Scholarship on Saturday, August 26, during Mexican...

Paralegal Studies Graduate Embarks on a New Career

After working in the same job for almost 30 years, Jennifer Paulmann found herself without one. Thank to MATC's Post-Baccalaureate Legal...

Automotive Maintenance Technician Graduate Makes His Passion His Profession

While studying in the Automotive Maintenance Technician program at Milwaukee Area Technical College, Mark Ellis worked at a Kwik Trip gas station...

Over 350 MATC Students Have Received Full-Ride Checota Scholarship

In less than one year in existence, the Milwaukee Area Technical College’s (MATC) Ellen and Joe Checota MATC Scholarship Program has awarded...

MATC Summer Program Accelerating Interest in Automotive Careers

12 Milwaukee-area high school students completed a three-day summer camp at Milwaukee Area Technical College where they learned skills required to...

A Powerful Transformer on the Scene

Phillip King, Ed.D., started as Milwaukee Area Technical College's new executive vice president, Student Success on July 17. Reporting...

Mastering the Art of Combining Commerce and Creativity

Thanks to the full-ride Ellen and Joe Checota MATC Scholarship, MATC student and artist Zion Bullock is learning how he can make money from his...

Summer Automotive Camps Igniting Interest in College and Careers

Martin Romo is one of several soon-to-be MATC students who attended automotive camps, held each summer for the past five years, sponsored by the...

Two Appointed to MATC District Board

The Milwaukee Area Technical College District Board Appointment Committee has appointed two individuals to the MATC District Board: Gale Pence and...

Automotive Maintenance Graduate on Right Track Thanks to Full-Ride Checota Scholarship

Thanks to MATC’s quality instructors, encouraging advisors and a full-ride scholarship from the Ellen & Joe Checota MATC Scholarship...

M³ College Connections Graduates Ready for Learning and Life

Nearly 100 members of the class of 2023 got a head start on their higher education hopes and dreams thanks to a unique, innovative partnership...

Bilingual Welding Graduate, Metallica Scholar Creating New Arc for Her Life

Magnolia Romero Castellano was among the first students to earn a technical diploma in a brand-new bilingual welding program at Milwaukee Area...

PepsiCo Uplift Scholar Helps Keep City Fleet Ready and Rolling

City of Milwaukee employee Diego Sanchez learned many of his maintenance skills by taking classes at Milwaukee Area Technical College. He liked the...

Soul Food: Teens Complete Inaugural MATC Culinary Arts Training Program

Six North Division High School students recently completed the inaugural Culinary Arts and Job Readiness Program, a collaboration between MATC and...

MATC GED/HSED Graduates Demonstrate Perseverance and Resiliency to Obtain Diplomas

At an energetic, exuberant ceremony in MATC’s Cooley Auditorium on May 22, 228 students received their General Education Development (GED)...

For Five In The Correctional System, Brighter Future Possible With MATC Welding Certificates

On May 22, five men in the care of the Wisconsin Department of Corrections received welding certificates at a ceremony held at MATC’s...

PepsiCo Uplift Scholar Refused To Be Counted Out

With persistence, perspective, a scholarship from PepsiCo, and perhaps a bit of innate pugilism, Jermaine House earned an associate degree in...

For Better Tomorrow, Dream Big Today, Says MATC Commencement Speaker

Milwaukee business woman Dr. Valerie Daniels-Carter delivered the keynote speech at MATC’s Spring Commencement ceremony held at Fiserv Forum...

Two Practical Nursing Students Graduating From High School And College At Same Time

Thanks to the M³ College Connections program, Chiann Walker and Fayth Buchanan Cooper both earned 25 college credits and received a technical...

Mexico Native Finding All the Right Words at MATC

At Milwaukee Area Technical College, Guadalupe Ward has vastly improved her English, is working to attain her General Equivalency Development (GED)...

Outstanding Technical Diploma Graduate Living Life to the Fullest

For her academic achievements, exemplary leadership and community involvement, Julie Laurence Brown was selected as MATC’s Outstanding...